#wisdom

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#doorstep #ignorance #knowledge #our #own

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. ↗

— Robert South

#consisting #each #fame #famous #greece

If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#am #another #any #before #begin

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ↗

— Charles Stanley

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All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

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Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#meaning #purpose #valuable #wisdom #without

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more. ↗

— Elizabeth Hardwick

#books #give #makes #more #none

Music is ... A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

#philosophy #revelation #wisdom #music

Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist. ↗

— Michael Levine

#parenting

The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. ↗

— John A. Simone, Sr.

#knowing #questions #right #right questions #wisdom